Harley's New Adventures

Sorry I am so late in getting my Thank You's out but we have been having an awful time with opening our gifts that you all have sent. After several emails to the Dogster tech's, the final reply was to try feeding our pages a bone and see if the gifts would open up and last night they finally did! So here is a great big Thank You and Hug to:

Momma got me up early this morning and said we have to get you in the sink for a bath and then dry and groom you HD. Momma got us both ready to go and she put my vest and my special hospital ID with my picture on it and off we went in the car. The hospital we went to today had quite a few of the tornado injured and we first started out in the E.R. and it was full and I was able to help lots of the peeps and puts smiles on their faces. On the way to ICU a lady was going down the hallway crying and she stopped me and said, you are just what I needed today. She got down on the floor with me and I tried to lick some of her tears away and she laughed! I was sure happy bout that. ICU was real busy and the waiting room was filled and momma and I made the rounds with a visit to each person. Next we went to pediatrics and the little toots were glad to see a puppy making rounds instead of the doctors, BOL! Then we had a request to make a visit with a lady who was disabled and was injured in the tornado and her service dog did not make it. She was so sad when I first got in her room and she was all banged up, but momma put me in her bed and she was able to pet me and that made her smile. We talked a long time with her and she did have her other puppy and he survived so we were glad bout that. We love this hospital because they are a storm shelter for people too and they let the peeps bring their pets with them! They said they had dogs, cats, rabbits and ferrets there Tueday during the storm. Well after two hours I told momma that I was getting pretty tired and she OK HD, I think you did a great job today. I slept all the way home, I was a very tired little Therapy Dog.

The Welcome Center requested that Therapy Dogs be included to meet the troops coming into the airport by bus and plane. Today was my first visit and I was the first Therapy Dog to be there. A big busload came in from Ft. Sill and I was there to say hello and boy they sure were suprised to see a dog there. Then I got to go into the airport to greet 9 soldiers flying in from Ft. Jackson. We waited downstairs for them to arrive and then our volunteer announced to them that Harley Davidson had come to meet them and lead them to the Welcome Center. So I was at the head of the column and off we went. I sure had fun with all the soldiers and they took lots of pictures of me and I got lots and lots of loving and scritches from them. Some were heading home on leave, some to other bases and one was headed for Korea. I was there 3 hours and boy was I pooped and slept all the way home. It was the bestest day ever for a little Therapy Dog named Harley Davidson.

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!! The solders who arrive at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City have requested Therapy Dogs to meet them. Momma and I will be there this Saturday morning to meet graduates from Fort Sill Army base. They arrive Monday through Saturday and we will all be taking turns to greet them when they arrive! This is going to be so much fun and I hope that I can make them happy because they do the best job ever protecting our country! Will let you know how it goes and hopefully will have pictures to show you. Woooohooooo and Arroooo!

No sleeping in this morning for Harley Davidson! Sophie Claire, mom and "yours truly" got up early this morning. Harley, we have to get you cleaned up because we have 2 places to be today. Thank dog, no BATH! Anyway, momma did comb and brush me and sprayed this lavender foo-foo stuff on me cause I already had 2 BATHS this week. I get on my Therapy Dog vest and off we head to Good Shepard Hospice for an in-service. Debbie meets us at the door and she is so glad to see me and tells mom, breakfast is from Panera's and after saying hello to all the peoples we go to get momma some coffee and stuffs and at the end of the serving table are pup treats for me. Wooohooo, score one for the schnauzer! I sat at the table with all the peoples for an hour and a half and then we went to Petsmart for a few minutes and then off to help with an evaluation for a new Therapy Dog by the name of Miss Bee! Yay, she passed with flying colors! Harley gives a high five for Miss Bee. Well its now 4 hours and I finally home and I tell Sophie Claire bouts my day and she gives me a good sniffing to see where I have been. Time for supper and a good nap for me.

Well as you know, I don't like getting dressed up AT ALL, but last Monday night I was a surfer dude and went to visit the foster kids and then Thursday night I wore my I'm a Little Batty shirt with a punkin ruff round my neck. OMD, those little foster toots had the best time! They got to judge our costumes and I got America's Next Top Model (HD takes a bow)! Then at the nursing home I sat in my pals lap and mom wheeled us all around so we could visit with the other residents and see all of the trick-or-treaters. They had games, cake walk and dunk tank and you can believe I stayed away from that since my motto is...water is for drinking only. LOL. Saturday we went to the hospital for a visit and what a busy week I had. So the costumes are packed away until next year and I am a very tired little schnauzie pup.....but it was worth it.

Well Wednesday mom and I got invited to help at our training facility with the CGC testing. I had to wear my vest and I was real excited when we parked the car and I got to go see lots of my old instructors. They were going to test 6 dogs and mom and I got our instructions from Miss Debbie. Mom was gonna be the vet/groomer and check all the pups ears, eyes, teeth, paws and brush them. Then she was gonna be part of the crowd the dogs and handlers had to walk through. Now I got to be the strange dog that walked up to the fur and sit 5 feet away and see how the fur did. Oops, I forgot the bad part!!!! While all this is going on I had to stay in a crate in the whelping room. Boo Hiss! Mom would come get me, take me out and then put me back in the crate. They have a window in the grooming room and mom kept watching a lady with a schnauzer and mom say to me....HD she working that baby to much before the test. Well all the dogs passed but the schnauzer. He was so worked up that he pooped right off the bat and that is an immediate failure! They let him finish testing and when mom was pretending to be the vet that boy pup just stared at momma as she handled him and Miss Debbie say to momma, you just made a beautiful connection with him. Mom did his supervised separation and he was great. He didn't do too good when he saw me cause he wanted to play and his momma was so upset she let him come right out to me. Good news is he is gonna try again and I sure hope he passes cause he a good boy pup. I sure was tired when I got home.

Wow, yesterday mom loaded a bunch of stuff in the car and off we went. We traveled for awhile and then out of the car I go and Wowzer! We are at a farm and I gets to meet 8 Dogster furiends! I met King Spivey, Lady Lexus, Rigley, Marley, Lady Sophie of the Great Hunt, Buster, Millie Moo and Diamond. Now, I gots to tell you dat I was the only Schnauzie there. We all sniffed each other and I sure was glad they were all my size. Those 5 pugs and 3 Bostons greeted me and we had the best time. Sophie hosted the pawty and 4 pugs came from Arizona! We were at a farm and they had chickens!!!!!!! It was hot but we played in the yard and then we all came inside and it was a real Pugfest! I made 8 great furiends and boy were we all tired at the end of the day. A big thank you to Lady Sophie for hosting the pawty and we all got our pictures taken and Sophie gave us all treats and a bowl to take home with us. It was a great day to be a Pug in Schnauzer clothing!

Well yesterday morning mom gets us up and feeds us and then I gets a bath?!%#@@@

Well, she say to me you gots to be a clean smelling dog for your 5th Birthday! Then when I all spiffed up she loads me in the car and we tell Sophie we won't be long and off we head for Paws Around Town......I walks in the door and Lauren says to me HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARLEY D! I look at mom and asked, how she knowed it was my birfday? Well, we do a little shopping and then Miss Lauren brings out a beautiful box with ribbons and treats on it and it says Happy Birthday Harley Davidson. You can see the picture of it in my photos. Well we say goodbye and head back home. Mom gets the cake outta the box, puts our pawty hats on Sophie Claire and me and Whooooo! Its pawty time!
Sophie and I ate our cake in record time and then mom brings out a big box that came in the mail and she opens it up and its from Buster and Sugar! Then the mail lady comes and there is a card for me and a big envelope for yours truly! Its a gift card from Paws Around Town from Sebastian and Cash! I want to thank all of you for all the pressies, rosies, pmail and emails that I got. It kept momma busy all day yesterday and you all are just about the bestest pals anyfur could ever dream of!!!!!! I am so lucky to have met all of you here on Dogster and my little schnauzer heart is just bursting with love.